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Home My WebLink AboutMemo - Mail Packet - 9/14/2021 - Memorandum From Greg Yeager Re: Fort Collins Police Services Council Onboarding Follow-Up Fort Collins Police Services Office of the Deputy Chief 2221 S. Timberline Rd. PO Box 580 Fort Collins, CO 80522-0580 (970) 416-2185 MEMORANDUM Date: September 7, 2021 To: Mayor Arndt and City Council Members From: Greg Yeager, Deputy Chief of Police Through: Kelly DiMartino, Interim City Manager Kyle Stannert, Deputy City Manager Jeff Swoboda, Chief of Police Re: Fort Collins Police Services Council Onboarding Follow-Up As requested, attached to this memo is the presentation that was shared at the Police Services City Council onboarding meeting held on August 17, 2021. Please let me know if you require any other information. The Chief of Police and I appreciated the opportunity to meet with you and the other Council members. DocuSign Envelope ID: DE9CDB74-4EF3-4002-A5DF-C4411BF0A655 POLICE SERVICES 1 Council On-Boarding August 17, 2021 DocuSign Envelope ID: DE9CDB74-4EF3-4002-A5DF-C4411BF0A655 FCPS Today Fort Collins Police Services has a mature budget and training approach which supports time- seasoned services and deployment strategies unique to the service expectations of the community and its elected Council members. DocuSign Envelope ID: DE9CDB74-4EF3-4002-A5DF-C4411BF0A655 DocuSign Envelope ID: DE9CDB74-4EF3-4002-A5DF-C4411BF0A655 City Manager Chief of Police Jeff Swoboda Deputy Chief of Police Greg Yeager Assistant Chief Kristy Volesky Assistant Chief John Feyen Assistant Chief Tim Doran Director (Vacant) Patrol Special Operations Criminal Investigations Information Services Administration Command Structure During the Director recruitment process, AC Feyen is managing IS matters. DocuSign Envelope ID: DE9CDB74-4EF3-4002-A5DF-C4411BF0A655 Police Services at a Glance The department consists of five specialized divisions: •Administration •Patrol •Special Operations •Criminal Investigations •Information Services Police Services Statistics: •2021 Police Services Budget = $48,300,000 •2021 Police Services Staffing = 342 authorized •224 sworn personnel •117.5 professional staff personnel •2021 City population (estimate) = 170,000 •2020 Total number of police service incidents = 85,445 (-10.5% from 2019) DocuSign Envelope ID: DE9CDB74-4EF3-4002-A5DF-C4411BF0A655 Chief’s Perspectives Challenges and Opportunities DocuSign Envelope ID: DE9CDB74-4EF3-4002-A5DF-C4411BF0A655 Administration Division •Professional Standards Unit •Personnel & Training Unit •Internal Affairs Unit •Department’s Finance Office •Crime Analysis Unit •Accreditation •Research & Development •Public Relations Office DocuSign Envelope ID: DE9CDB74-4EF3-4002-A5DF-C4411BF0A655 •Core Character Program •Implicit Bias and Anti-Prejudice training •Diversity Solutions Group •Fair & Impartial Policing •16 Certified Instructors •Ethics •Committee Membership (DU Daniels Fund) •16 ILEA certified instructors Administration DocuSign Envelope ID: DE9CDB74-4EF3-4002-A5DF-C4411BF0A655 Administration Division •Achieved CALEA Accreditation (2019) •CACP accreditation (2014 & 2019) •Core Character program (2017) •Expanded work on Ethics Training vignettes-Daniels Fund •Leadership Academy (Began in 2019) •FCPS Basic Police Academy (Began May 2021) DocuSign Envelope ID: DE9CDB74-4EF3-4002-A5DF-C4411BF0A655 •Northern Colorado Law Enforcement Training Center (Opened March 2021) DocuSign Envelope ID: DE9CDB74-4EF3-4002-A5DF-C4411BF0A655 _____________________________________________________________ FCPS requires additional hours upon academy completion: •16 weeks of field training •Annual DT training and Scenario-based training •Annual Handgun and Rifle training •Annual Mental health, Law, Tactical Decision Making, Ethics, Communication… Personnel & Training Unit REQUIRED TRAINING FOR NEW OFFICERS Colorado POST requires 556 hours of instruction for officers to be certified. 16 to 22-week basic academy: •72 hours of firearms instruction, •44 hours of driving instruction, •62 hours of defensive tactics (DT) and arrest control, •378 hours of miscellaneous classroom instruction. FCPA is 21 weeks DocuSign Envelope ID: DE9CDB74-4EF3-4002-A5DF-C4411BF0A655 Required:Also Provided: •Defensive Tactics (Arrest Control) •De-escalation •Handgun/Rifle Training •Handgun/Rifle Qualifications •Driving •Ethics •Anti-Discrimination/Implicit Bias •Legal Updates •Crisis Intervention Training •First Aid -CPR -AED •Body Worn Cameras •Sudden In-custody Death Syndrome •Tactical Decision Making •Less-lethal tool certifications •Includes Taser •Active Shooter •Riot Management Specialized Training: •Detective (numerous specialties) •SWAT •K9 •Negotiator •Field Training Officer •Bomb Technician Personnel & Training Unit FCPS ANNUAL TRAINING DocuSign Envelope ID: DE9CDB74-4EF3-4002-A5DF-C4411BF0A655 Patrol Division •Uniformed Police Officers •Community Service Officers 24-Hour Coverage Sun Mon Tues Wed Thur Fri Sat Priority 1 Response Times •Consistently faster than benchmark cities’ average DocuSign Envelope ID: DE9CDB74-4EF3-4002-A5DF-C4411BF0A655 Patrol Division •Increased internal engagement •Expanding community policing philosophies •Taser/Camera technology •Spanish language program •64 certified bike officers •Traffic safety focus DocuSign Envelope ID: DE9CDB74-4EF3-4002-A5DF-C4411BF0A655 Special Operations Division •District One (Old Town Office) •Days (Focus: Business Community & Homeless/Transient Challenges) •Nights (Focus: Entertainment District) •Traffic Unit •Mental Health Response Team •Neighborhood Engagement Team (NET) •School Resource Officers •Uniformed Specialty Teams (SWAT, K9 Unit, Bomb Team, UAS Team) •Special Events and Emergency Preparedness DocuSign Envelope ID: DE9CDB74-4EF3-4002-A5DF-C4411BF0A655 Special Operations Division •School Safety •Provide a safe learning environment and help reduce school violence; •Improve school/LE collaboration; and •Improve perceptions/relations btw/students, staff, and law enforcement (LE). •Cover 38 Schools in the PSD (30,447 students) •SROs address approx. 800 Safe-2-Tells in a year. •Three roles: Teaching, Informal Counseling, and LE •Traffic •Data driven safety and speed compliance •Technical accident investigation •Neighborhood Community Engagement •Homeless/Transient Challenges •Campsite Cleanup •Balanced Enforcement •Partnerships (Outreach Fort Collins, Catholic Charities, & The Rescue Mission) •_ •Party Partners -Party Registration -CSU Student Resolution Center -Community Welcome - CSUPD partnership -Community Violations Course -Various Events DocuSign Envelope ID: DE9CDB74-4EF3-4002-A5DF-C4411BF0A655 Criminal Investigations Division •Crimes Against Persons Unit •Criminal Impact Unit (Fugitives & Repeat/Sex Offenders) •Financial Crimes Unit •Forensic Services Unit •General Investigations Unit •Northern Colorado Regional Forensics Laboratory •Property Crimes Unit •Property & Evidence Unit •Special Investigations Unit (Northern Colorado Drug Task Force) •Victim Services Unit DocuSign Envelope ID: DE9CDB74-4EF3-4002-A5DF-C4411BF0A655 Criminal Investigations Division •Meets with, and provides education to, business owners and employees (Robbery talks, etc…) •Shifting paradigm to create a more proactive approach •Applying data/dialogue to further employee and business/community engagement •Leveraging technology and other modern techniques for most effective investigations DocuSign Envelope ID: DE9CDB74-4EF3-4002-A5DF-C4411BF0A655 Information Services Division •Fort Collins 911 (Communications Center) Manages calls for service to Fort Collins Police, Poudre Fire Authority, Wellington Fire, and University of Colorado Health Ambulance. •Additional radio service for Poudre Schools, FC Utilities, Code Compliance, Transfort, and Natural Area/City Park Rangers •Provides Emergency Medical Dispatching •The Center is an Accredited Center of Excellence (since 2009) •Records Unit •On-line reporting •Body Worn Camera videos: •2020: 48,051 body worn camera videos •2021: 43,494 YTD •Police IT/Technical Projects team •Maintains over 550 radios, 275 mobile laptops, 335 cellular phones and 122 building cameras. DocuSign Envelope ID: DE9CDB74-4EF3-4002-A5DF-C4411BF0A655 Thank You Thank You DocuSign Envelope ID: DE9CDB74-4EF3-4002-A5DF-C4411BF0A655